The Biology Department together with Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, and Neuroscience produce the framework of The UPBM.The Program provides academic year opportunities to do independent research for credit as well as DeKiewiet Summer Fellowships, which support summer research by outstanding University of Rochester undergraduate students. Approximately four hundred plus sophomores, juniors, and seniors belong to UPBM majors and one hundred biological science independent research are registered each semester.

Biodiversity, population growth, the formation of new species—ecology and evolutionary biology explore these topics and more.